First things first, being on CNN’s listing is pretty dang cool, even though I’m still getting over the fact that CNN outed us on the interwebs. Sure, we know we live in the best neighborhood in the country, but we don’t want everyone else to know that, too.

And then, I’m not so sure about everything CNN said about us. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure they meant well, but CNN just doesn’t know Lakewood like we do, as is evidenced by the fact that they claim that in the evening “people head into town for shopping and dining, maybe capped with a movie at the Art Deco–style Lakewood Theater.”

At first I also questioned CNN’s assertion that Lakewood has “very low crime rates”? Compared to… the rest of Dallas? Chicago? The world? If they’re talking about strictly Lakewood alone — as opposed to including, say, lower East Dallas — I can see how CNN might say we have “very low” crime rates, but looking at this map, some of the areas we consider Lakewood-East Dallas are a little more iffy in the crime department.

Regardless, thanks for the shout-out CNN Money.

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